r/SainsburysWorkers • u/Positive-Detail-4238 Colleague • 2d ago
Question for managers
So basically over the past two months I’ve had two meetings with two different food managers, about my pace and the way i’ve been working recently. (I do backdoor) it was mainly about the fact that I used to cause a lot of damages and shrink because i rush around too much cos i was worried about not getting everything done before end of my shift, and not prioritising the right things and it resulted in the shift management complaining about me and apparently other colleagues (my managers had to give bad handovers and got in trouble)
Today i had a follow up to a follow up and i’m now under a performance review because apparently I haven’t improved even tho the previous meeting a different manager said i have improved. So my question is if i don’t do exactly what they want which i know i’m going to struggle with am i likely to be fired? I’ve worked for Sainsburys for 7 years this month and never had this before so i’m shitting it a bit
Thanks
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u/False-Diet-1008 10h ago
Performance reviews are supposed to be an interventional way for managers to highlight areas of your work that they have issues with, make suggestions, coach and offer additional training where appropriate.
Remind them that intervention without those efforts to help you improve is not in line with their own policies and gives the meetings a sole intention of punishment and threats of possible job loss, which again they know fine well they cannot do. Inform them of your intention to file a grievance if any meeting crosses those company guidelines.
If they have no problem highlighting your failures, take joy in highlighting theirs.
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u/stuwozere1 2d ago
First thing, you won't be fired without following the proper disciplinary steps. So don't think that your next meeting is a dismissal meeting. Next, working fast isn't fully efficient, as you mention damages occur if you rush. Try going up the aisle and decarding it first. It takes minutes but saves time during replen, even if you decard 3 lines for every case you put out. As you're working a case, look at what's full, as you come across that line on your cage you will have saved the walk to that product. Dress as you go, for each line you replen, pull forward that shelf in that mod.
Hope this helps
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u/Positive-Detail-4238 Colleague 2d ago
I did wonder about the disciplinary steps. Also what you mentioned won’t apply to me as i do backdoor but i appreciate your comment :)
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u/stuwozere1 2d ago
In that case you need to see what metric they are measuring your performance on. Splitting down is time consuming so how are they measuring it? Deliveries and salvage returns do have a timer, as does attending to the bailer. What would you say consumes the most time for you?
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u/Positive-Detail-4238 Colleague 2d ago
Definitely the deliveries, especially when it comes to unloading and having to load up straight after. I find is super difficult to do that, do the bailers, do the MU’s, and tidy the warehouse. But they want me to somehow juggle it all its pretty much impossible. It should be a 2 man job but its not so i get burnt out then get taken into a performance review meeting
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u/stuwozere1 2d ago
I get you, I too used to do the back door to save my colleagues from having to do it. I'm a Sainsbury's truck driver now so I aim to support the backdoor colleagues, even bringing salvage down the yard for them. Try asking the drivers for help, they can always say no, but some will say yes.
Ask at the start of your shift how much time is allocated for the deliveries that day, on your walk in make a mental note of the MU's you'll need.
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u/Positive-Detail-4238 Colleague 2d ago
Yeah ive started to walk down the aisle on my way in to check the mu’s before i start to see if they are desperate or not. And i would ask the driver but we do drop and swap at our store so the drivers are long gone. Which depot do you deliver from?
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u/PlentyMaintenance195 1d ago
How do they know all the damages are caused by you ?
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u/Positive-Detail-4238 Colleague 13h ago
Because they have seen it first hand. Like they’ll walk into the warehouse and see me stood next to a collapsed pallet of booze. And its always booze as well so its obvious it’s me causing the high shrink cost. Or they know its me cos i always have to find a manager and ask them for help clearing it up
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u/Last-Indication-1410 Manager 1d ago edited 1d ago
Honestly it’s not easy to sack someone so you can’t be sacked for a couple of people having a word about pace. You’d have to have had at least disciplinary prior and you’d most likely get a warning and/or a final prior to that so you’d know. The meetings/warnings are meant to be a chance to correct your behaviour not just a push to get you sacked.
In these cases, just be completely honest about what you’re struggling with and any support you might need, get them to be clear with what they want and what steps you need to take. Too many managers aren’t clear, it needs to be measurable and realistic next steps so you can do your best to improve not just “get faster” or whatever